Buhari Appoints 30-Member New National Minimum Wage Committee

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a thirty-member tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee for the negotiation of a new National Minimum Wage for the Country. 

By its tripartite nature, the committee is made up of persons from the public sector, (Federal and State Governments) and the private sector made up of the largest private employer group, the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) 

The members of the committee are as follows 

Ama Pepple, CFR          Chairman of the Tripartite National Minimum Wage Committee

Senator (Dr.) Chris Ngige          Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment (Deputy Chairman)

Chief Richard Egbule, Ph.D          Chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (Member/Secretary)

Udo Udo Udoma          Honourable Minister, Budget and Planning

Mrs. Kemi Adeosun          Honourable Minister, Finance

Mrs. Winifred E. Oyo – Ita          Head of the Civil Service of the Federation

Dr. Roy Ugo          Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to Federation 

NIGERIA GOVERNORS’ FORUM (NGF)

Governor Rauf Aregbesola         Osun State (South West)

Governor Rochas Okorocha         Imo State (Souh East)

Governor Hassan Dankwambo Gombe State (South East)

Governor Nyesom Wike Rivers State (South South)

Governor Simon Lalong Plateau State (North Central)

Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu Kebbi State (North West)

A. B. Okauru, Esq., DG, NGF Observer

TRADE UNION SIDE

Comrade Ayuba Wabba, mni President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)

Comrade Peters Adeyemi NLC

Comrade Kiri Mohammed NLC

Comrade Amechi Asugwuni NLC

Comrade (Dr.) Peter Ozo-Eson NLC

Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama President, Trade Union Congress (TUC)

Comrade Sunday Olusoji Salako TUC

Comrade Alade Bashir Lawa         TUC

Comrade Igwe Achese President, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)

EMPLOYERS’ SIDE

Mr. Olusegun Oshinowo Director General, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA)

Mr. Timothy Olawale         NECA

Mr. Chuma Nwankwo         NECA 

Mrs. Olubunmi Adekoje Director General, Federation of Construction Industry (FOCI) 

Alhaji Ahmed Ladan Gobir         Chairman, Kaduna East Branch, Manufacturers’ Association (MAN)

Otunba Francis Oluwagbenro MAN

Hajia Muheeba Dankaka, OON President, Kano Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA)

Prince Degun Agboade President, Nigeria Association of and Medium Enterprises (NASME)

The Committee will be inaugurated on Monday 27th November, 2017 at the Council Chambers, Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Sate House, Abuja. Committee members are expected to arrive at the State House Pilot Gate latest 10:30 hours and be seated by 11:00 hours.

Samuel Olowookere

Deputy Director (Press)

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